Cybersecurity Jobs in Scotland

Cybersecurity
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 67 23
Rank change year-on-year +16 -44 +17
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 173 312 414
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 5.30% 4.85% 10.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.06% 5.47% 10.71%
Number of salaries quoted 134 160 130
10th Percentile £25,313 £29,875 £35,000
25th Percentile - £45,000 £42,874
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £52,500 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -9.18% -11.80% -0.79%
75th Percentile £59,063 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,533 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £64,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -10.16% -0.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Cybersecurity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,853 5,707 3,866
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 87.38% 88.71% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,365 2,438 2,033
10th Percentile £28,350 £28,250 £31,655
25th Percentile £32,951 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.63% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £70,600
90th Percentile £80,750 £80,000 £82,548
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,249
% change year-on-year - -8.71% +0.42%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Scotland

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Scotland.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Scotland

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Scotland over the 6 months to 13 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Scotland

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 13 July 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh 0 59 £55,000 +10.00% 55
Fife +16 19 £47,683 -20.53% 4
Moray - 19 £47,683 - 4
East Ayrshire - 19 £47,683 -
South Ayrshire - 19 £47,683 -
Glasgow +15 18 £70,000 +10.58% 48
Perth and Kinross +6 5 £33,000 -44.64%
Aberdeen +22 4 - - 19
Lanarkshire -4 4 £42,000 -6.67% 18
Renfrewshire - 4 £45,000 -
Dundee +10 1 £69,248 +25.04% 5
Midlothian - 1 - - 22
Cybersecurity
UK

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (6.36%) Umbraco
2 8 (4.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (4.05%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.16%) IIS
4 2 (1.16%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.58%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 34 (19.65%) Azure
2 15 (8.67%) GCP
3 14 (8.09%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (4.62%) AWS
5 5 (2.89%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (2.89%) Entra ID
6 4 (2.31%) IaaS
6 4 (2.31%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.73%) PaaS
8 2 (1.16%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.16%) Amazon SageMaker
8 2 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (1.16%) AWS Step Functions
8 2 (1.16%) Serverless
8 2 (1.16%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.58%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.58%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.58%) Miro
9 1 (0.58%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.20%) DHCP
1 9 (5.20%) DNS
2 8 (4.62%) Network Security
3 7 (4.05%) Firewall
4 5 (2.89%) DKIM
4 5 (2.89%) DMARC
4 5 (2.89%) VPN
4 5 (2.89%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.58%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.58%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.36%) BigQuery
2 4 (2.31%) Power BI
3 2 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.58%) GitLab
1 1 (0.58%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.58%) JIRA
1 1 (0.58%) Metasploit
General
1 77 (44.51%) Presentation Skills
2 41 (23.70%) Finance
3 30 (17.34%) Banking
4 23 (13.29%) Social Skills
5 11 (6.36%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.89%) Public Sector
7 3 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.58%) Advertising
8 1 (0.58%) Law
8 1 (0.58%) Legal
8 1 (0.58%) Marketing
8 1 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 76 (43.93%) Systems Engineer
2 19 (10.98%) Lead
3 16 (9.25%) Architect
4 15 (8.67%) Analyst
5 13 (7.51%) Solutions Architect
6 12 (6.94%) Lead Architect
7 11 (6.36%) Lead Solutions Architect
8 8 (4.62%) Senior
9 7 (4.05%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 7 (4.05%) Security Analyst
10 6 (3.47%) Consultant
11 5 (2.89%) Auditor
11 5 (2.89%) Help Desk Team Lead
11 5 (2.89%) Principal Engineer
11 5 (2.89%) Principal Software Engineer
11 5 (2.89%) Security Consultant
11 5 (2.89%) Senior Auditor
11 5 (2.89%) Software Engineer
11 5 (2.89%) Team Leader
11 5 (2.89%) Technologist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.94%) OAuth
1 12 (6.94%) OpenID
1 12 (6.94%) React
1 12 (6.94%) SAML
1 12 (6.94%) Software Packaging
2 11 (6.36%) Ajax
2 11 (6.36%) CSS
2 11 (6.36%) jQuery
3 3 (1.73%) Middleware
4 1 (0.58%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.58%) LDAP
4 1 (0.58%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.58%) REST
4 1 (0.58%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.62%) Security Posture
2 7 (4.05%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.47%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (2.89%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (2.89%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (2.31%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (1.73%) Cyber Security Posture
6 3 (1.73%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.73%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.16%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.16%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.16%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.58%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.58%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.58%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.58%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 18 (10.40%) Windows
2 9 (5.20%) Linux
3 5 (2.89%) Unix
3 5 (2.89%) VMS
3 5 (2.89%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.31%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.73%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.16%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.58%) Android
7 1 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.58%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (45.66%) Agile
2 76 (43.93%) MODAF
2 76 (43.93%) SysML
2 76 (43.93%) Systems Engineering
2 76 (43.93%) UML
3 22 (12.72%) Artificial Intelligence
4 21 (12.14%) Mathematics
5 19 (10.98%) Line Management
5 19 (10.98%) Risk Management
6 18 (10.40%) Software Engineering
7 17 (9.83%) Analytics
7 17 (9.83%) Fintech
8 15 (8.67%) Data Analytics
8 15 (8.67%) Incident Response
9 14 (8.09%) Information Security
10 12 (6.94%) Web Development
11 11 (6.36%) Content Management
11 11 (6.36%) Domain-Driven Design
11 11 (6.36%) Risk Assessment
11 11 (6.36%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 76 (43.93%) MATLAB
2 12 (6.94%) JavaScript
3 9 (5.20%) PowerShell
4 8 (4.62%) Kusto Query Language
5 6 (3.47%) C
5 6 (3.47%) C++
6 5 (2.89%) Objective-C
6 5 (2.89%) SQL
7 2 (1.16%) Java
7 2 (1.16%) Python
8 1 (0.58%) Bash
8 1 (0.58%) Groovy
8 1 (0.58%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 97 (56.07%) Degree
2 76 (43.93%) BPSS Clearance
3 8 (4.62%) SC Cleared
3 8 (4.62%) Security Cleared
4 6 (3.47%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.89%) CISM
5 5 (2.89%) CISSP
6 3 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.73%) CRISC
7 2 (1.16%) CEH
8 1 (0.58%) ACCA
8 1 (0.58%) CIMA
8 1 (0.58%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.58%) CSSLP
8 1 (0.58%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (8.67%) NIST
2 10 (5.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.47%) GDPR
4 5 (2.89%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.73%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.73%) GRC
6 2 (1.16%) COBIT
6 2 (1.16%) ITGC
6 2 (1.16%) NCSC
7 1 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.58%) QA
System Software
1 9 (5.20%) Hyper-V
2 7 (4.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.31%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.58%) Docker
4 1 (0.58%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 11 (6.36%) Single Sign-On
2 9 (5.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.16%) Ansible
3 2 (1.16%) Proxmox
4 1 (0.58%) Grafana
4 1 (0.58%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.58%) Nessus
4 1 (0.58%) Nmap
4 1 (0.58%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.58%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.58%) Puppet
4 1 (0.58%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (12.72%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.62%) VMware
3 5 (2.89%) Apple
3 5 (2.89%) ArcSight
4 2 (1.16%) Oracle
5 1 (0.58%) CyberArk
5 1 (0.58%) ForgeRock
5 1 (0.58%) Ping Identity
5 1 (0.58%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.58%) Veritas